Iron Man – Recommended

We rarely attend opening weekends, because we can’t stand crowded theatres. However, the early reviews for Iron Man made it seemed worth going… and it was worth it.

The movie was fast-paced and funny. Robert Downey Jr. made a great hero, delivering a character that lived up to Iron Man’s long-standing reputation as one of the most intellectually brilliant superheroes — one who wins due to the power of his brain and the cleverness of his inventions, not because of brawn or super powers.

Iron Man’s casting was solid, and the update of the movie to focus on Afghanistan was appropriate. The original comic books were set in Vietnam.

Some parts of the plot were extremely predictable. You could guess what would come as the final climax almost from the beginning of the film. But that’s okay; it was a good time.

Iron Man is the first of a trilogy which will roughly follow the comic-book story line of Tony Stark. We’re looking forward to Part II.